Committees
Interested in joining one or more SMI Committees?
Let us know (must be a current SMI member):
Communications Committee
The Communications Committee, formerly known as the Website Committee, is charged with ensuring that the SMI website features up to date, vibrant and relevant content to the mucosal immunology community.
Kathryn Knoop, PhD – Rochester, United States | Committee Chair
Juliana Barreto de Albuquerque - Massachusetts, United States
Diane Bimczok, DVM, PhD - Bozeman, Montana
Iliyan Iliev, PhD - New York, United States
Stephanie Langel, PhD - Ohio, United States
Stephanie Longet, PhD - Oxford, United Kingdom
Ashutosh Mangalam, PhD - Iowa, United States
Gianluca Matteoli, PhD - Leuven, Belgium
Ziad al Nabhani, PhD - Bern, Switzerland
Carolina Prado, PhD - Metropolitana, Chile
Natalie Rhone, PhD - Tel Aviv, Israel
Brigida Rusconi, PhD - Missouri, United States
Ryan Thwaites, PhD – London, United Kingdom
Ifor Williams, MD, PhD - Atlanta, United States
Education and Career Development Committee
The Education and Career Development Committee is charged with developing new educational programs and other resources.
Katharina Lahl, PhD - Calgary, Canada | Committee Chair
Alexandra Corbett, PhD - Melbourne, Australia
James Harker, PhD - London, United Kingdom
Illiyan Iliev, PhD - New York, United States
Irah King, PhD - Montreal, Canada
Devesha Kulkarni, PhD - St. Louis, United States
Fund Development Committee
The Fund Development Committee is charged with recruiting new and renewing sponsors and exhibitors for the biennial International Congress of Mucosal Immunology (ICMI), in addition to raising funds sufficient to ensuring the financial success of the Society and its events.
International Planning Committee (ICMI)
The ICP for ICMI is charged with developing and finalizing topics, sessions and speakers for the International Congress of Mucosal Immunology (ICMI).
Irah King - Montreal, Canada | Committee Co-Chair
Taylor Cohen - Gaithersburg, United States | Committee Co-Chair
Shruti Naik - New York City, United States | Committee Co-Chair
Issac Chiu - Boston, United States
Donna Farber - New York City, United States
Christopher Hunter - Philadelphia, United States
Iliyan Iliev - Ithica, United States
Joanne Konkel - Manchester, England
Ai Ing Lim - Princeton, United States
Braedan McDonald - Calgary, Canada
Tiffany Scharschmidt - San Francisco, United States
Eduardo Villablanca - Solna, Sweden
Christoph Wilhelm - Bonn, Germany
Membership Committee
The SMI Membership Committee supports membership recruitment and renewal campaign.
Keely McDonald – Missouri, United States | Committee Chair
Rodney Newberry, MD – Missouri, Unites States | Committee Co-Chair
Juliana Barreto de Albuquerque - Massachusetts, United States
Marko Banic, PhD - Zagreb, Croatia
Fernando Chirdo, PhD – La Plata, Argentina
Gretchen Diehl, PhD - New York, United States
Nicolas Dutzan, DDS, PhD - Metropolitana, Chile
Marcela Hermoso, PhD - Groningen, Netherlands
Iliyan Iliev, PhD - New York, United States
Ivaylo Ivanov, PhD - New Jersey, United States
Cecilia Johansson, PhD - London, United Kingdom
Regis Joulia, PhD - London, United Kingdom
Laurel Lenz, PhD - Denver, Colorado
Carolina Prado, PhD - Metropolitana, Chile
Natalie Rhone, PhD - Tel Aviv, Israel
Janneke Samsom, PhD - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Aaron Silva Sanchez, PhD - Alabama, United States
Brian Sheridan, PhD - New York, United States
Lakmali Silva, PhD - Massachusetts, United States
Antiopi Varelias, PhD - Queensland, Australia
